I know myself, and when you start to really know who you are, you don't question it when you read what someone says about you.

What I enjoy most about going out on stage is seeing all my fans react to my music.

I needed to become something besides the star everybody had built me up to be.

I signed my deal when I was 11, and the success I had, no one could explain that to an adult, what's about to happen to them, much less a kid. There's not many people around who've experienced that.

I had some wonderful times in my 20s, but your 20s are hard.

I know you can't go back, so I try to do all the things other teenagers do.

Every day of my life is going out in public and seeing people's lives and listening to stories - all that kind of stuff musically inspires me.